Tag Archives: handcrafted wooden boxes

Chickering & Sons Piano Box

Posted on March 16, 2019 by woodworksbyjohn

Quite some time ago, a friend contacted me and asked whether or not I’d be interested in a piano that had been in their family for a long time but was now relegated to the garage. I had visions of … Continue reading →

Posted in Hand Cut Dovetails, Hand Planes, Hand Tool Woodworking, Mesa Arts Center Store, Recycled Wood Furniture | Tagged Chestnut, Chickering Piano, custom box, custom made wooden boxes, dovetails, handcrafted wooden boxes, Mesa Arts Center, Stanley 140 trick, Veritas skewed rabbet plane, Veritas small plow plane | 4 Comments

Etsy Custom Order — Two Boxes Continued

Posted on November 7, 2014 by woodworksbyjohn

Work is progressing well on this project and it’s given me an excellent way to “hone” my dovetails. Any time you read about certain skills the phrase muscle memory seems to come up. I know during the many years I spent … Continue reading →

Posted in Etsy custom order, Hand Cut Dovetails, Tutorial | Tagged box slotting bit, Christian Becksvoort, dovetails, Etsy custom order, handcrafted wooden boxes, Lee Valley Slot Cutting Bit, Tage Frid, wooden boxes | 2 Comments

Assembling the Treble Clef Box

Posted on September 9, 2014 by woodworksbyjohn

Work continues on this custom order from an Etsy customer. In the previous post I mentioned that I’m making 5 additional boxes using the same techniques as the custom one. Doing a series of boxes is more efficient, especially when … Continue reading →

Posted in Etsy custom order, Hand Planes, Hand Tool Woodworking, Mitered Box, Uncategorized | Tagged block plane, Etsy custom order, handcrafted wooden boxes, packing tape joinery, shooting board, shooting miters, shooting plane, splined miter assembly, Tablesaw Jig, Walnut | Leave a comment

Dyed Box is in the Mail!

Posted on December 17, 2013 by woodworksbyjohn

You may recall the beginnings of this project, a lady found my Etsy store and requested a custom box that was black and made of wood. The size she requested was 5″ wide by 7″ tall and 11″ long. Here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Splined Miter Plywood, Types of Boxes | Tagged custom made wooden boxes, dyed box, Etsy custom order, handcrafted wooden boxes, Oak plywood box, splined miter joint | Leave a comment

Applying Felt on Box Sides — not just the Bottom!

Posted on November 21, 2013 by woodworksbyjohn

Here is the completed presentation box I was commissioned to build through my Etsy store. The wood is Monkeypod, dimensions are approximately 3 1/2″ deep and tall by 4 1/2″ long. The finish is multiple coats of Platinum shellac rubbed … Continue reading →

Posted in Hand Cut Dovetails, Silver Arm Cuff Presentation Box, Tutorial | Tagged 100% wool felt, Box liner, Design Process, dovetail, handcrafted wooden boxes, Handcut Dovetails, Monkeypod Wood, presentation box | 5 Comments

Walnut Box Sliding Tray and Miscellaneous

Posted on November 8, 2013 by woodworksbyjohn

Here is the first view of the box with the Ebony lid lift in place. There was an entire sequence of pictures taken to illustrate the process that went into not only forming this lift but also showing the progress … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Commission, Finger Joint Box, Types of Boxes | Tagged custom made wooden boxes, ebony, Etsy custom order, finger joints, handcrafted wooden boxes, Stanley #271 Router Plane, Walnut | 1 Comment

Assembled but Still a Ways to Go!

Posted on November 6, 2013 by woodworksbyjohn

Assembling projects is always a stressful time and I believe most woodworkers tend to agree with me about that. Think about it; all of your work and effort up to this point can be ruined with one bad assembly error! … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Commission, Finger Joint Box | Tagged custom box, Doug Stowe, Etsy custom order, handcrafted wooden boxes, OBG, tadpole sanders, Walnut | Leave a comment

Macacauba Box Complete

Posted on October 18, 2013 by woodworksbyjohn

Ever find that whenever you think you’ve completed a project you stop and say “‘except for ……..!” That’s what just crossed my mind as I put in the title to this post. I need to line the bottom of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Lidded Finger Joint Box, Lidded Finger Joint Box, Types of Boxes, Uncategorized | Tagged custom made wooden boxes, Etsy custom order, finger joint jig, handcrafted wooden boxes, Liberon Black Bison Wax, Macacauba, shellac, wooden box design | Leave a comment

Mystery Box Postponed

Posted on August 28, 2013 by woodworksbyjohn

You probably recall what I referred to as my Mystery Box project. That was because the end use for it couldn’t be divulged as it was for marketing an item my client wanted to “keep under wraps”. Apparently there’s quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged custom box, custom made wooden boxes, custom wood box, handcrafted wooden boxes, wooden craft boxes | Leave a comment

Mr. Melvin Wilson, Metal Shop Antioch High School

Posted on August 24, 2013 by woodworksbyjohn

When I was in high school, back in the 60’s at Antioch, California I was a shop rat. Partly because I’d managed to get kicked out of many other classes but mostly because those (and band) were the types of … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Commission | Tagged custom box, destruction test, handcrafted wooden boxes, Miter joint, mystery box, splined miter joint | 2 Comments